raw material
Example Sentences
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Chief Executive Heidi Petz said Sherwin-Williams implemented price increases to offset raw material inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
However, Loh is cautious over the risk of a 10%-30% increase in Westports’s expansion costs due to higher raw material prices linked to the Middle East conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems -- and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Privacy International also criticised the feature, telling the BBC it was "the latest sign AI companies see people's images and data as raw material to be exploited".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I saw the gang members not as rivals but as raw material to be converted.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
